PERDIX PERSONATA. 



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Obd. IV"^ Les Gallinaces, Cuvier. 



Ord. XV"'' Gallinaces, TemmincJe. 



Ord. V. Galling, Linn. Syst. 



Ord. IV. Rasores, Illiger. Fam. 20, Gallinacei. 



PERDIX, Briss. Lath. Cuv. Temm. IlUg. S^c. 

 Tetrao, Linn. 



Char. Gen. — Rostrum breve, crassiusculum, compressiusculum, basi nudum, maxilla 

 fornicata, convexa, subadunca, mandibulse gonyde recta porrecta. Nares basales, 

 laterales, squama fornicali superne semiclausse, antice implumes. Lingua carnosa, 

 Integra, apice acuta. Caput plumatum ; circa oculos seepius maculae implumes 

 verrucosa. AIcb breves; remigibus tribus exterioribus gradatim brevioribus, 

 quarta et quinta, vel seepius quinta, longioribus. Cauda brevis, deflexa, rectri- 

 cibus densis. Pedes tetradactyli, insidentes, mediocres, congrui, nudi. Tarsus 

 maris calcaratus, rarius tuberosiis aut muticus. Tarsotheca clypeato-scutulata. 

 Acrodactyla scutulata. Hallux digito interne plus dimidio bi-evior. Ungues 

 falculares, paululum incurvati, acutiusculi. Illiger, TemmincJe. 



Perdix supra fusca subtus cinereo-fuscescens, gula coUo antice el ad latera lineaque 

 superciliari albis, pileo coUoque postice et torque coUari nigris, alis abdomine 

 crissoque maculis transversis lunulatis nigris et castaneis. 



Perdix orientalis, Horsf. Syst. Arrangement of Birds from Java, Linn. Trans. 

 Vol. XIIL p. 165. 



The Perdix personata, which is represented in our Plate of natural size, agrees 

 with the Perdix javanica in the general contour of the body, in the shortness of the 



